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Dilferules
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First up, the big hitter of the day:
1999 Ultimate Victory "Parallel 100" (or "Ultimate" according to TCDB) Tim Hudson RC 006/100. Very excited to get this, it would be between this card and his Bowman Chrome International Refractor/100 in a fight to be his second-best rookie year card behind the Gold Refractor. Plus it's a somewhat hyped '90s parallel set. Just need one more to finish off the A's team set.
1999 Skybox Thunder Rave AJ Hinch 100/150 completes the team set...amazingly I already had the Rickey Henderson from the set and the Hinch was the one I was waiting on for years. Now the only A's card I need from the entire 1996-99 Rave run is the 1998 Henderson. I think these sets have remained under the radar because people go gaga over the 1998-99 Super Raves instead. The 1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel Henderson completes the team set. The Van Poppel Star Promo is one I never knew about until I catalogued my collection on TCDB last year, because Beckett doesn't list it. 1999 Stadium Club Auto Ben Grieve rounds out this scan.
Ramon Laureano was released in between when I bought and received his Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor RC, ha. Luzardo seems to be doing alright with Miami but his cards left the hype train long ago so I was finally able to grab his RC Gold Refractor as well. Plus some 2023 Topps Chrome color.
2020 Donruss Optic Carolina Blue and White Matt Olson completes the team set. I'm partial to the '10s Tier One autographs but did not have this Josh Donaldson yet since it's one of the tougher ones, 44/50. Lastly, a Donaldson 2015 Topps "Sparkle" SP. I believe I'm down to just needing a couple more sparkles from 2015 to finish off all of the A's from back when Topps was doing that silliness.
1999 Ultimate Victory "Parallel 100" (or "Ultimate" according to TCDB) Tim Hudson RC 006/100. Very excited to get this, it would be between this card and his Bowman Chrome International Refractor/100 in a fight to be his second-best rookie year card behind the Gold Refractor. Plus it's a somewhat hyped '90s parallel set. Just need one more to finish off the A's team set.
1999 Skybox Thunder Rave AJ Hinch 100/150 completes the team set...amazingly I already had the Rickey Henderson from the set and the Hinch was the one I was waiting on for years. Now the only A's card I need from the entire 1996-99 Rave run is the 1998 Henderson. I think these sets have remained under the radar because people go gaga over the 1998-99 Super Raves instead. The 1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel Henderson completes the team set. The Van Poppel Star Promo is one I never knew about until I catalogued my collection on TCDB last year, because Beckett doesn't list it. 1999 Stadium Club Auto Ben Grieve rounds out this scan.
Ramon Laureano was released in between when I bought and received his Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor RC, ha. Luzardo seems to be doing alright with Miami but his cards left the hype train long ago so I was finally able to grab his RC Gold Refractor as well. Plus some 2023 Topps Chrome color.
2020 Donruss Optic Carolina Blue and White Matt Olson completes the team set. I'm partial to the '10s Tier One autographs but did not have this Josh Donaldson yet since it's one of the tougher ones, 44/50. Lastly, a Donaldson 2015 Topps "Sparkle" SP. I believe I'm down to just needing a couple more sparkles from 2015 to finish off all of the A's from back when Topps was doing that silliness.
2023 Topps Platinum Anniversary
Inserts & Autographs
Duran Refractor, O'Neill X-fractor, Syndergaard Aqua Lava Refractor /299
Mauer Yellow RayWave Refractor /250, Wander Blue Mini-Diamond Refractor /199, Lowrie Platinum Toile White/Blue Refractor /199
Mullins Speckle Refractor /150, Irvin Red Atomic Refractor /100, Torkelson Platinum Toile Cream/Fuchsia Atomic Refractor /100
Thompson Green Wave Refractor /99, Ruth Platinum Toile White/Green Refractor /99, Freeman Orange Wave Refractor /25
Friedl Base Auto, Kim Aqua Refractor /150, Castro Platinum Toile Cream/Blue Refractor /99
Inserts & Autographs
Duran Refractor, O'Neill X-fractor, Syndergaard Aqua Lava Refractor /299
Mauer Yellow RayWave Refractor /250, Wander Blue Mini-Diamond Refractor /199, Lowrie Platinum Toile White/Blue Refractor /199
Mullins Speckle Refractor /150, Irvin Red Atomic Refractor /100, Torkelson Platinum Toile Cream/Fuchsia Atomic Refractor /100
Thompson Green Wave Refractor /99, Ruth Platinum Toile White/Green Refractor /99, Freeman Orange Wave Refractor /25
Friedl Base Auto, Kim Aqua Refractor /150, Castro Platinum Toile Cream/Blue Refractor /99
madbull34
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Nice Kim auto! He's been the best hitter on the Pads this year.
madbull34
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BBM Japan Darvish rookie
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mrmopar
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Tim Brown /10. Apparently an Ebay 1/1, but not sure why? 
madbull34
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Hmm. It's not his jersey number (81). It's not #1 or #10 (bookend). Not sure what the significance of #3 is.
Dilferules
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Probably the number of six-packs the seller drank the day he listed it.
3 is the square root of 9, which is the square root of 81, his jersey #, duh! Lol
Dilferules
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Somebody out there really loved sending in 2005 Cracker Jack Mini cards for grading. I've picked up an oddly high number of graded cards from this set in the last 5 years. I'm like you and don't care that they are graded..I didn't pay any kind of a premium for them, even the 10's.
Like...good job sending that one in, mystery grading guy.
Somebody was either way into this set or was trying to force hype it into being worth a lot of money then dumped them all when that failed.
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mrmopar
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I know most people don't seem to care much about modern low number serial numbers anymore, but when I can combine a set I like, a low serial number and a cheap price, I am all in. Plus Vazquez was a solid player and a 1X AS, so he wins a spot in my collection of AS autographs (not that I needed him still). /10. 
Finally landed an Easley certified auto. Keep losing out on the 1 Seahawk card that pops up. I'll keep looking/trying. Might land one eventually. Clearly supply/demand problem, as he is a HOFer, but not one of the all-time greats people always talk about.
Pretty happy about this one for my Magnum PI collection. It's probably one of the last I will add, unless I can find a reasonable Donald Bellisario or Orson Welles. There are a few characters who were either more well known stars but were just flash in the pan guests on the show or had semi re-occuring roles (like kids, relatives, etc), but were so otherwise unknown actors that finding autographs will either be too time consuming or expensive for what I need (Frank Sinatra, for example).
Santos was occasionally a cop Magnum went to see for help, Lt Page. Better known for his time in Rockford Files. He was also in 7 episodes of the Sopranos. He died in 2016.
Finally landed an Easley certified auto. Keep losing out on the 1 Seahawk card that pops up. I'll keep looking/trying. Might land one eventually. Clearly supply/demand problem, as he is a HOFer, but not one of the all-time greats people always talk about.
Pretty happy about this one for my Magnum PI collection. It's probably one of the last I will add, unless I can find a reasonable Donald Bellisario or Orson Welles. There are a few characters who were either more well known stars but were just flash in the pan guests on the show or had semi re-occuring roles (like kids, relatives, etc), but were so otherwise unknown actors that finding autographs will either be too time consuming or expensive for what I need (Frank Sinatra, for example).
Santos was occasionally a cop Magnum went to see for help, Lt Page. Better known for his time in Rockford Files. He was also in 7 episodes of the Sopranos. He died in 2016.
Dilferules
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A couple of super sweet '90s McGwires:
1997 E-X2000 A Cut Above and 1997 Donruss Limited Exposure McGwire/Clark. The Limited Exposure has issues with centering and refractor lines, but a lot of them do so I'm just happy to find one.
1997 Donruss Preferred Staremaster Sample McGwire. 1991 Burger King Huntsville Stars Todd Van Poppel - this isn't catalogued by Beckett so I didn't know about it until last year, glad to find one. Steve Lake gets me to only 15 left for my signed 1988 Topps set. He was one of the last few "cheap" autos that I'm inexplicably missing.
2014 Bowman Chrome Draft Blue Refractor 200/399 Matt Chapman. I've kind of hit the wall trying to fill my Donruss Stat Line needs so it was good to find this 2005 Rookies Mike Rouse 17/40. 2008 Upper Deck Gold Mark Ellis 48/99 and 2006 UD Special F/X Red Dan Haren 08/50 get me closer to completing those team sets, but I'm still a ways off.
1997 E-X2000 A Cut Above and 1997 Donruss Limited Exposure McGwire/Clark. The Limited Exposure has issues with centering and refractor lines, but a lot of them do so I'm just happy to find one.
1997 Donruss Preferred Staremaster Sample McGwire. 1991 Burger King Huntsville Stars Todd Van Poppel - this isn't catalogued by Beckett so I didn't know about it until last year, glad to find one. Steve Lake gets me to only 15 left for my signed 1988 Topps set. He was one of the last few "cheap" autos that I'm inexplicably missing.
2014 Bowman Chrome Draft Blue Refractor 200/399 Matt Chapman. I've kind of hit the wall trying to fill my Donruss Stat Line needs so it was good to find this 2005 Rookies Mike Rouse 17/40. 2008 Upper Deck Gold Mark Ellis 48/99 and 2006 UD Special F/X Red Dan Haren 08/50 get me closer to completing those team sets, but I'm still a ways off.
2014BESTSERVICE
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Love all those new pickups 
Sold numerous different low number Clemens duplicate items for an amount I wont get into
Used the proceeds to pay off several bills, and added these two 2008 Ultimate to my PC
One is the Jumbo Jersey version , the other the Home Jersey Autographs Gold variation
Sorry for the crap scans- both are on their way to BGS in the newest slab submission
Just mailed the box out today- 20 more cards for the Clemens registry sent in
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Sold numerous different low number Clemens duplicate items for an amount I wont get into
Used the proceeds to pay off several bills, and added these two 2008 Ultimate to my PC
One is the Jumbo Jersey version , the other the Home Jersey Autographs Gold variation
Sorry for the crap scans- both are on their way to BGS in the newest slab submission
Just mailed the box out today- 20 more cards for the Clemens registry sent in
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Congrats. Solid cards!Love all those new pickups
Sold numerous different low number Clemens duplicate items for an amount I wont get into
Used the proceeds to pay off several bills, and added these two 2008 Ultimate to my PC
One is the Jumbo Jersey version , the other the Home Jersey Autographs Gold variation
Sorry for the crap scans- both are on their way to BGS in the newest slab submission
Just mailed the box out today- 20 more cards for the Clemens registry sent in
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WizardofOz1982
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It's been a slow month for baseball pickups but I did pick up a couple autos yesterday along with a couple nice vintage slabs last week.
